England vs. Australia, 21st Sept

I'm going to be the first one to call England on this one - Flintoff 70+ and 3+ wickets, Trescothick 50+, Wharf 3+ wickets, with Hayden hitting 80+ in vain for Aus but it's not enough - Eng to win by 30 runs or 4 wickets roughly.

If Flintoff fires and Harmison goes for less than 40, England will win mefinks. Mehopes...

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."

All of England's achievements in the past 2 years, will pale into insignificance if England win against the best Team in the world at home in their own backyard.

This is also the big Test for Harmison (and Freddie) against the best team in the world. To prove the doubters wrong.

Unfortunately an inner voice tells me this will be the Test where England is going to come up short !!

They have to pull out some thing like in the Rugby World Cup (also against Australia winning in the last minute of extra time) - May be Freddie doing a Johnny Wilkinson and hitting the last ball for a six !!

Read an interesting article in today's paper, about John Buchanan claiming Andrew Flintoff will not have it so easy against Australia.

Buchanan went on to say that Flintoff has enjoyed a brilliant run of form without coming up against an attack as strong as Australia's.

Originally Posted by John Buchanan

"I've not seen other teams able to assert constant pressure on him," said Buchanan.
"Sri Lanka dropped him early and he was allowed to play himself in.
"He's a hard batsman to bowl to but we will bowl better to him. If he does get a hundred he certainly earned it. Don''t expect him to bat with as much freedom in the past."

SOURCE: Gold Coast Bulletin Monday September 20 2004.

Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick once and you suck forever...

RIP Fardin Qayyumi, a true legend of CW

Originally Posted by Boobidy

Bradman never had to face quicks like Sharma and Irfan Pathan. He wouldn't of lasted a ball against those 2, not to mention a spinner like Sehwag.